Hitachi manual The Lightning 9900 Series, Model 9960 Packaging, Model 9960 Control Frame

The Lightning 9900 Series	2
Packaging

Model 9960 Packaging

The Lightning 9960™ is available in a two to seven cabinet configuration (as shown on the cover of this guide), depending on connectivity and capacity needs. A Control Frame serves as the control center of each system and manages up to six Array Frames that are connected via high speed Fibre Channel links. A fully configured system is contained in seven cabinets 70.5 inches high, 171.3 inches wide, and 31.5 inches deep.

Model 9960 Control Frame

The Control Frame of the 9960 contains the Service Processor, Client Host Interface Processor modules (CHIPs) with Fibre Channel adapters, ESCON® adapters, and/or FICON adapters, Cache modules, Cache Switch Modules (CSWs), Array Control Processor modules (ACPs), power supplies, and battery modules. An illustration of the Control Frame is shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4 – A 9960 Control Frame and its major components.

7